Seat for wagons



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JT. DOUGINE. SEAT FOR WAGONS.

Patented Jan; 13,1885..

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JAMES T. DOUGINE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEAT FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,802, dated January 413, 1885.

Application filed August 11, 1854.

:To @ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, J ,mins T. DoUeiNn, a

l citizen of the United States, residing at Chiwhich the following is a specification.

The object of thisinvention is to provide a simple, durable, and efficient spring-seat for wagons, and one which may be quickly and easily removed and again replaced in position when desired.

The invention consists in a seat, made of canvas or like flexible material, suspended bej tween spring-standards secured to the sides of the wagon box or body.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is an end view of a wagon-box furnished with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents the wagon box orbody, which may be of any ordinary construction. B B are spring-standards secured to the sides of the wagon-box in any suitable manner, but preferably by means of clips b and b', the lower clip, b, preferably having a bottom, or being made in the form of a socket, so as to better support the standard. These spring-standards B B are preferably four in number, two on each side, and they should be made of hard-wood strips about one inch thick and from two to three inches wide. Their size in cross-section, however, should of course depend somewhat upon their length. These spring-standards should preferably be set in a vertical position, and should project above the top of the box a foot or eighteen inches. rlhe seat C is made of flexible material, preferably of two or three ply canvas ten or twelve inches in width, and of sufficient length to extend across the box between the standards B B. The seat C is furnished at each end with hinge bars or rods D,`by which it is attached to the spring-standards. These bars D may preferably be made of malleable iron, and cast with a pair of webs, d d, between which the end of the canvas seat may be in- (No model.)

serted and secu red by rivets d. The canvas, however, maybe secured to the rods D in any other suitable manner-as, for example, by employing a strip of galvanized iron, which may be folded over the rod D and riveted to the ends of the canvas, or the canvas itself may be folded over the rod D, but this latter I do not deem so desirable a construction, as the. rod would be likely to wear the canvas. rllhe rods D should preferably be furnished with an offset or shoulder, di, near each edge of the canvas, especially if the canvas is secured to the rod by means of a separate sheet-iron strip, or by folding the canvas itself around the rod, so that these shoul` ders will prevent the rod from slipping out or becoming disengaged. The opposite shoulders, d2, on each rod D also serve to brace the standards B B or B B apart at the top, and thus prevent any side strain upon the clips b b. The spring-standards B are each provided at their upper ends with a clip, Qc, preferably secured thereto by bolts c', which form a fork or bearing for the bar or rod D. The spring-standards B, on the opposite side, I provide with strap hinges or bearings c2 for the rod D. When it is desired to remove the seat out of the way, all that is necessary to do is simply to lift the rod D out of the open bearings or forks on the springstandard B on the one side, and then'throw the seat over, when it will hang down on the outside of the box. It is/preferable that the rod or bar D have bearings or hinges on the spring-standards B', so that it can turn therein when the seat is swung over; but the bolt D may be rigidly secured to the standards B', as the iiexible nature of the seat will of coursepermit of its being thrown over the side of the box. It is better that one of the rods D should be hinged or permanently secured to its spring-standards, so that there will be no danger of the seat becoming misplaced or falling out when it is thrown over on the side of the box.

Instead of securing the standards B by clips to the side of the box, they of course may be bolted directly thereto, or secured in any suitable manner. The clips c and o2 are a convenient means of mounting or supporting the bars D near the top of the spring-standards,

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and being secured to the outside of said standards, the rods D have the full strength of the standards to bear against. Other suitable means, however, may be employed to sustain the ends of the canvas seat or the rodsD near the top of the spring-standards-as, for example, a simple cross-rod or brace secured to the standards BB or B' B' an inch or two from their tops. The spring standards may of course be made of steel or any other suitable material, ii'preferred. The rear standards on each side may be extended up, and aback for the seat, consisting of a strip of canvas or other strap, E, secured to such extensions, as shown in Fig. 2, if desired.

I claiml. The combination of the body or box A with the spring-standards B B', secured to the sides of said box, and flexible seat C, suspended between said spring-standards, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the box with a pair of spring-standards, B, secured to the side of said box on one side, and a pair of springstandards, B', secured to the opposite side of said box, and a flexible seat, C, furnished with end rods, D D, substantially as specilied.

3. The combination of spring-standards B B', and tlexible seat C, suspended between said spring-standards near the top thereof, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of flexible seat G, made of canvas or other like material, with springstandards B B', furnished with bearings or supports near their top, and rodsD D, secured to the ends of said canvas seat, and supported in the bearings on said spring-standards, sub-v stantially as speciiied.

5. The combination of spring-standards B B and B' B' with rods D D, provided with oft'- sets or shoulders d2 d2, and canvas seat C, Secured to said rods D at each end, substantially as specified.

6. The combination of springstandards B B' with rods D D, provided with Webs d d, and canvas seat C, `secured to said rods D between said webs d d, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of the box A with the spring-standards B B', secured to the sides of said box by clips b and socket-clips b', canvas seat C, and rods D, secured thereto at each end, one of said rods D being mounted in forks or open bearings c at the top of said springstandards B, and the other of said rods D being mounted in hinged bearings c2 at the top of said spring-standards B', so that said seat may bc swun` over the side ofthe box, substantially as specified.

8. The combination ofthe spring-standards B B', and a ilexible seat suspended between said standards, and provided with ahingeconnection thereto at one end, and au open connection or bearing at the other end, substantially as specified.

9. The combination of spring-standards B B and B' B' with .flexible seat C, suspended between said standards, and a back, E, secured to the rear standard, the same being,` extended above the seat, for the purpose substantially as specified.

JAMES T. DOUGINE.

\Vitnesses: i

H. M. MUNDAY, TAYLOR E. BROWN. 

